Rehabilitation and Quality of Life in Residential Units for People With Longer Term Mental Health Problems

NCT02366117 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: 02/2012/CEFCM
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 240
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The study design is that of a cluster randomised controlled trial The aims of the study were: 1) to assess the quality of care of the residential units for people with long-term mental disorders; 2) to design a training intervention for the staff of the units in the intervention group; 3) to assess the effectiveness of the intervention 4 and 8 months after it ended. The main outcome variable was level of activity of the users. Secondary outcome variables were the QuIRC dimensions. The selection of the sample was by residential units for people with long-term mental disorders. The inclusion criteria were all the middle and high-support residential units in Portugal. Units that had only one type of service users (e.g., mental retardation, dementia) were excluded. The quality of care of the units was assessed with the QuIRC filled on line by the managers of the units and validated with Service Users Interview Schedule, a face-to-face interview with the users (users that could not give informed consent or collaborate in the interview were excluded).

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Mental Disease

Keywords

Quirc; Quality Indiciator in Rehabilitative Care

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Percentage of time spent in any activity during a week by patients

  The percentage of time spent will be measured by the "Time Use Diary" instrument.

  Four months

Study Arms (2)

Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Data collected during the first pahse of the study will be presented and discussed in a specialist focus group, which will work with the study team as advisors and trainers, to decide on the type of training to be developed. This training intervention will be applied to the facilities presenting half the patient sample size.

Behavioral: Training

No Training

NO INTERVENTION

Facilities representing half the sample size will not be trained as in the Experimental Arm and continue their standard of care for these patients.

Interventions

Training BEHAVIORAL

Adapted training on the patients active participation, rehabilitation, independence, rights and wellbeing.

Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Mental Health Problems

You may not qualify if:

• Refusal to enter the study

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Universidade Nova de Lisboa: lead
• Direção Geral de Saúde: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Faculdade de Ciências Médicas

Lisbon, Lisbon District, 1169-056, Portugal

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Cardoso G, Papoila A, Tome G, Killaspy H, King M, Caldas-de-Almeida JM. A cluster randomised controlled trial of a staff-training intervention in residential units for people with long-term mental illness in Portugal: the PromQual trial. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2017 Nov;52(11):1435-1445. doi: 10.1007/s00127-017-1416-7. Epub 2017 Jun 30.

  PMID: 28667486 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Schizophrenia; Mental Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: February 9, 2015
• First Posted: February 19, 2015
• Study Start: April 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: February 1, 2015
• Study Completion: February 1, 2015
• Last Updated: February 19, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-02

Locations

PT (1)